So, recently, out of the blue, my computer refused to boot. Took it up to the bench and just tested it a few times (after removing the HDD, you never know) it would sometimes boot but most of the time not do anything except for showing cod 00 on the dr. debug LCD thing. I looked the code up in the manual of my mobo, it says "unused code". Now it just never boots anymore. Weeird! Anyone any help?
I've read somewhere that cod 00 may be a faulty or unsupported CPU, I've been running my non-OC'd 8350 for a year or so without issues, nothing changed. Tryed with another CPU that had worked before in the same config, same code.
Is that somewhere the user manual book or the Asrock website? Because if it is neither of those places - ignore it and check your user manual for what exactly does 00 mean...
My bet is the motherboard, since Asrock wasn't known for their greatest qualified at the time and it have way more failure points than the CPU... Still, if you have a chance to test the CPU on a friend's computer, I would advise trying. My guess is you have no such option, but still, I needed to say it...
Unless there is something weird with the clearing of the CMOS too, I tried that. How long would I have to leave the battery out to make sure it is cleared? I think I might have to go look for a new mobo.
there is usually a clear cmos button or something along those lines. if you just remove the battery then it will take anywhere from 1 hour to several weeks for it to clear depending on the mobo
It ended up being blown VRMs, apparently the cooling solution on those is really really terrible and they must have died from heat or something weird with the power.